A RARE GREEN-STAINED WALRUS-TUSK TWO-PART BOTTLE1800-1850 Of rounded rectangular shape with a short neck and simple oval foot rim, the body in two sections with entire shoulder removable, all stained in emerald green; stopper. 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high 1800-1850年 漂綠色海象牙鼻煙壺 Provenance: Hugh M. Moss, London, 1970s Viviane Jutheau, 1980 Mei Ling Collection Sotheby's New York, The Mei Ling Collection , 15 March 1984, lot 138 Robert Hall, 1990s Literature: Viviane Jutheau, Guide Du Collectionneur De Tabatiéres Chinoises , p.129, no. 2 Exhibited: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Waldorf Astoria, New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 23 來源： 倫敦莫士撝古董行（Hugh Moss Ltd.），1970年代 Viviane Jutheau舊藏，1980年 美玲珍藏 紐約蘇富比，美玲珍藏，1984年3月15日，拍品編號138 Robert Hall舊藏，1990年代 出版： Viviane Jutheau，《Guide Du Collectionneur De Tabatiéres Chinoises》，頁129，圖錄編號2 展覽： 國際中國鼻煙壺學會展會，紐約華爾道夫酒店，2013年11月5日至9日，展品編號23 A number of similarly-shaped rounded rectangular walrus tusk bottles are recorded and nearly all have been stained in a deep-emerald green color which appears to be in direct imitation of a dark green jadeite. This assertion appears to be validated when wepare our bottle with a jadeite example from the Bigelow Family Collection illustrated by Robert Hall, Serendipity, Chinese Snuff Bottles XVI , no. 100. The Bigelow bottle, like ours, is unusually constructed. Not with a lifting shoulder as in our example but with a removable foot, which the author suggests could be used as a snuff dish. It seems highly likely that our bottle was made for use on a scholar's desk, rather than for transportation, given that the shoulder, whilst snuggly fitting, might have a tendency to work loose; and the fact that the top is not fully drilled with a mouth and the shoulder must be lifted in order to spoon the snuff. There are a few recorded examples published, see Michael C. Hughes, The Blair Bequest, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum , Baltimore 2002, p. 103, no. 110; Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault , pp. 62-63, no. 108; Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury Of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 7, Part 1, Organic, Metal, Mixed Media, , pp. 234-235, no. 1559; Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles XV, The SB Collection, no. 130, formerly in the Pamela R. Lessing Friedman Collection; Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denys and Eithne Cowell , Hong Kong, 2003, p. 14, no. 20; and another illustrated in the catalogue, Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty , Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, p. 93, no. 141.